Packers Flacco deal makes Rodgers’ contract even more glaring

Another quarterback has busted the $20 million annual barrier. And perhaps the best quarterback in the game is making roughly half that amount. In 2008, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers signed a six-year, $63.5 million contract. Structured to keep the cap hits close to the annual compensation, the pay-as-you-go deal has Rodgers earning a base salary…

Baltimore paid the man. It’s now up to Joe to prove he’s capable of replicating such a feat again. If he does, the Ravens will have no qualms about his new deal. If he struggles, those dollars start to become an onerous weight both in terms of expectations on the shoulders of Flacco as well as on the Ravens salary cap going forward.